Gold Cup

GROUPS

GROUP A: Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Jamaica

GROUP B: Grenada, Haiti, Honduras, USA

GROUP C: Guadeloupe, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama

SCHEDULE

First Round

Friday, July 3 – Los Angeles (The Home Depot Center)

Canada vs. Jamaica, 5 p.m. (8 p.m. EDT)
Costa Rica vs. El Salvador, 7 p.m. (10 p.m. EDT)

Saturday, July 4 – Seattle (Qwest Field)

Honduras vs. Haiti, 4 p.m. (7 p.m. EDT)
Grenada vs. USA, 6 p.m. (9 p.m. EDT)

Sunday, July 5 – San Francisco (Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum)

Panama vs. Guadeloupe, 2 p.m. (5 p.m. EDT)
Nicaragua vs. Mexico, 4 p.m. (7 p.m. EDT)

Tuesday, July 7 – Columbus, Ohio (Crew Stadium)

Jamaica vs. Costa Rica, 7 p.m. (7 p.m. EDT)
El Salvador vs. Canada, 9 p.m. (9 p.m. EDT)

Wednesday, July 8 – Washington (Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium)

Haiti vs. Grenada, 7 p.m. (7 p.m. EDT)
USA vs. Honduras, 9 p.m. (9 p.m. EDT)

Thursday, July 9 – Houston (Reliant Stadium)

Guadeloupe vs. Nicaragua, 7 p.m. (8 p.m. EDT)
Mexico vs. Panama, 9 p.m. (10 p.m. EDT)

Friday, July 10 – Miami (Florida International University Stadium)

Costa Rica vs. Canada, 7 p.m. (7 p.m. EDT)
El Salvador vs. Jamaica, 9 p.m. (9 p.m. EDT)

Saturday, July 11 – Boston (Gillette Stadium)

USA vs. Haiti, 7 p.m. (7 p.m. EDT)
Honduras vs. Grenada, 9 p.m. (9 p.m. EDT)

Sunday, July 12 – Phoenix (University of Phoenix Stadium)

Panama vs. Nicaragua, 2 p.m. (5 p.m. EDT)
Mexico vs. Guadeloupe, 4 p.m. (7 p.m. EDT)

Quarterfinals

Saturday, July 18 – Philadelphia (Lincoln Financial Field)

Group A winner vs. Group B runner-up, TBA (x)
Group B winner vs. Group A/C third-place, TBA (x)
x-matches scheduled for 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. with order TBD

Sunday, July 19 – Dallas (Dallas Cowboys New Stadium)

Group C runner-up vs. Group A runner-up, TBA (y)
Group C winner vs. Group A/B third place, TBA (y)
y-matches scheduled for 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. local (4 p.m. and 7 p.m. EDT) with order TBD

Semifinals

Thursday, July 23 – Chicago (Soldier Field)

Philadelphia quarterfinal winners, TBA (z)
Dallas quarterfinal winners, TBA (z)
z-matches scheduled for 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. local (7 p.m. and 10 p.m. EDT) with order TBD

Final

Saturday, July 26 – New York (Giants Stadium)

Semifinal winners, 3 p.m. (3 p.m. EDT)

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I'll be going to the game at RFK for sure, probably the quarterfinal in Philly, and maybe the Boston game and Final (NYC).

 

National Team Trivia: A Haitian scored the only goal, the winning goal, for the UNited States against England in the 1950 World Cup.

His name was Joe Gaetjens, and his story is very interesting, if not tragic (if true).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gaetjens

 

Agree Spencer, especially after what I saw at Crew Stadium in Feb.

 

Have you seen the movie? Did a great job of telling us about Joe, right??

 

I read the Book, The Game of Their Lives, it is a very good read and does a better job of telling that team's story.

 

I'm not so sure, Don. Costa Rica's group is, by far, the toughest to get out of, and Mexico's has no clear 2nd strong team. USAs group is probably the most balanced with Honduras giving the US a challenge for the top spot.